The Kitsap Pumas, champs of the Premier Development League’s Northwest Division, face the Ventura County Fusion in the first round of the playoffs on Saturday in Fresno. The host Fresno Fuego take on the Victoria Highlanders in the other match. Winners play Sunday. Victoria handed Kitsap its first league loss, 1-0, in the regular-season finale.
The Pumas and Fusion have met twice before in the playoffs. Ventura won in 2009 in Texas; Kitsap won in 2010 in Bremerton. Here’s a story from our sister Scripps Howard newspaper, the Ventura Star, on the matchup.
And here’s another story from the Ventura Star on the game.
The United Soccer Leagues has started handing out postseason honors.
Here’s a story about the PDL playoffs, which started on Tuesday. Here’s the results of Tuesday’s games:
Chicago Fire 3, Forest City London 0
Carolina Dynamo 1, Northern Virginia Royals 0
Jersey Express 1, Reading United AC 0
New Hampshire Phantoms 1, MPS Portland Phoenix 0
Scroll to the bottom of this page to find the matchups. There are more games coming up on Friday.
